Date Range: May 31, 2010 - May 1, 2010

May 24, 2010, 6:54AM

Silver Spring Township police are investigating a stabbing incident that sent one man to Holy Spirit Hospital for treatment. Police said the man, whose name has not been released, was stabbed by his girlfriend, Dawn R. Miller, no age or address given, during a domestic dispute around 1 a.m. today in the first block of Sportsmans Drive. Police said... Full story »

May 23, 2010, 8:58PM

DOYLESTOWN — A woman says a carjacker laughed and sang along with the radio moments after he murdered her boyfriend and left his body along the side of the highway. The 43-year-old woman testified Friday in Portuguese, which was translated for a jury in Bucks County Court, that she believed that Omar Cash would also kill her. She said... Full story »

May 21, 2010, 6:51PM

In Harrisburg, like other cities and towns across the United States, there are mentally ill people living on the streets who are unable or unwilling to get help. But until they become a threat to others, these people can’t be forced into treatment. The problem was highlighted Tuesday, when police arrested a homeless man accused in a series of random... Full story »

May 21, 2010, 3:38PM

Charles Koons of Middletown was sentenced in March to 35-100 years in prison for molesting 16 boys. There's a possibility he was brought to the attention of police a decade before he was arrested. Full story »

May 21, 2010, 11:04AM

Palmyra police are looking for a man in a green van who held a gun out the window, pointed it toward the sky and yelled “Who wants to die?” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday near Heritage Park, Franklin and Cherry streets. The man’s face was covered with a lime-green bandanna, police said. Anyone with information may call police at 717-838-8188.... Full story »

May 21, 2010, 9:32AM

Carlisle police said they are looking for a woman who is wanted on a warrant for allegedly stealing $700 in property, including a TV, DVD player, furniture and dishes, after being evicted from her apartment. The warrant was issued after Kimberly Wartluft, 21, who has no known address, didn't appear for a court hearing on the case, police said.... Full story »

May 21, 2010, 9:30AM

A sentencing hearing is under way in Harrisburg for Brett Cott, a former Pennsylvania House Democratic staffer convicted in the Bonusgate legislative corruption investigation. The hearing before Dauphin County Judge Richard Lewis began this morning, about two months after Cott was found guilty of three felonies after a trial that lasted nearly two months. Cott is facing sentencing for conflict... Full story »

May 21, 2010, 9:21AM

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — State police say a Uniontown, Fayette County, man has been jailed on charges that he threatened his girlfriend with a meat cleaver while they argued about the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Trooper Douglas Arndt says 34-year-old Anthony Dodson attacked the woman while she was holding their child during the argument about... Full story »

May 20, 2010, 8:02PM

Pennsylvania corrections officials are hoping to allow private businesses to employ state prison inmates to teach more of them the job skills and work ethic they will need upon being released. Full story »

May 20, 2010, 2:37PM

The resident accused of setting fire to a South Ninth Street, Lebanon, apartment building on July 14, 2008, was charged with arson and related charges today. Nicholas Pappas III, 44, formerly of Lebanon, was extradited from New Jersey, where he'd been arrested on drug charges after the blaze. While Kevin Robertson, 46, was found dead in the apartment building at... Full story »

May 20, 2010, 12:06PM

Police in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, say someone broke into American Dental in the 4800 block of Jonestown Road overnight Tuesday into Wednesday and stole computer items and a safe. The burglary took place some time between 6 Tuesday evening and 7 Wednesday morning, police said. Anyone with information may call Lower Paxton Township police at 717-657-5656, the... Full story »

May 20, 2010, 11:45AM

Hampden Township police say they are looking for a man who stole several cartons of cigarettes this morning from the Turkey Hill store in the 2000 block of Good Hope Road. Police said the thief, described as a light-skinned black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, entered the store around 1:45 this morning and demanded the cigarettes. The man threatened... Full story »